Topic
Wiretapping
212 published works
Inside Privacy
Ninth Circuit Affirms Approval of Injunctive Relief and Cy Pres Settlement of Google Street View Privacy Claims
Last week, in a decision that confirms the viability of cy pres settlements in privacy class action cases, the Ninth Circuit affirmed approval of a class action injunctive relief and…
Communications & Media Industry Legal Blog
Avoiding and Defending Class Action Claims Under the Florida Security of Communications Act
A new class action trend aimed at large companies has emerged in the United States. New York, California, and Florida have been the breeding grounds for these class action claims…
Ad Law Access
Privacy Litigation Trend: The Latest on Session Replay Lawsuits, and Practical Considerations for Risk Mitigation
By Lauri A. Mazzuchetti, Alysa Z. Hutnik
Over the last few months, a wave of consumers have filed putative class action complaints against a long list of consumer-facing website owners/operators and their software providers alleging invasion of…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
California Supreme Court Requires All-Party Consent to Record Phone Calls
On April 1, 2021, California’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s prohibition on recording calls without consent applies to parties on the call and not just third-party eavesdroppers. Writing…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Supreme Court: Nanny Cams Do Not Violate the Pennsylvania Wiretap Act
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak Goldstein The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Mason, holding that “nanny cams” do not violate the Pennsylvania Wiretap Act (“Wiretap Act”). This…
CyberAdviser
Exploring the Rise in State Wiretap Claims
By Philip N. Yannella, Gregory P. Szewczyk, J. Matthew Thornton
The latest wrinkle in the ever-changing world of data privacy litigation is the recent surge in state wiretap claims. What began as a trickle over the summer of 2020 has…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Are You a Facebook Cybercriminal?
Family law blogs are usually not fertile grounds to write about criminal law. Yet even family lawyers are not immune from situations where our specialty crosses paths with the dark…
Privacy Zone
Confusion Over Plug-Ins, Cookies and Wiretapping…Will Facebook Petition the Supreme Court, and What To Do In the Interim
The question is – do wiretapping statutes apply in cases where there is no traditional third party interceptor? And more practically speaking, how does an entity using plug-ins and cookies…
Class Action Solutions
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A WEBSITE'S COMPREHENSIVE PRIVACY STATEMENT IN REDUCING CLASS ACTION EXPOSURE
Class Action Issue In a recent decision addressing privacy claims arising from the electronic tracking of a customer’s online behavioral activity, a federal district court’s analysis highlighted the significance of…
Privacy Zone
Are Targeted Ads the Result of Wiretapping? Facebook Asks the Ninth Circuit to Reconsider.
Are targeted ads the result of wiretapping? Companies track your browsing history all the time through the use of, inter alia, cookies, and then mine the data they receive for…